21/09/2014

Brute Force Attack

Any password can be cracked using Brute force attack. Brute force attack try every possible combinations of numbers letters and special characters until the right password is match. Brute force attack. can take very long time depending upon the complexity of the password.
The cracking time is determined by the speed of computer and complexity of the password.
Countermeasure:

Use long and complex passwords.

Try to use combination of upper and lowercase letters along with numbers.

Brute-force attack will take hundreds or even thousands of years to crack such complex and long passwords.

Example: passwords like ihateu imissu or iloveu can be cracked easily whereas computer will take years to crack passwords like aN34lL00 gA%l#a_X?§